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Lamplight Glow

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Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. (Psalm 119:105, Holy Bible, New Life Version)

Imagine holding a lamp in the darkness, or perhaps walking beside someone carrying a lantern. When the lantern is held high, it sends a glow downward in a circle. If the person moves the light to the opposite side from where you are walking, you will only receive segments of light filtered by that person’s movements.

Reading the Bible is similar. When you read study for guidance, God’s light shines from above and you’re bathed in the glow. If you read it to fulfill a duty of daily Scripture reading, you’ll still receive some light, but the circle will not shine beyond your feet. Apostle Paul must have been aware of this when he wrote to Timothy.

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (2 Timothy 2:15, New King James)

Are you walking in someone else’s shadow, or is God’s light shining on your pathway?

Prayer: Lord, let the light of Your Word shine on me. Amen.

Devotion by Violet Carr Moore

Are you walking in someone else’s shadow, or is God’s light shining on your pathway?

Prayer: Lord, let the light of Your Word shine on me. Amen.

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A Beacon of Light

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So Moses lifted his hand to the sky, and a deep darkness covered the entire land of Egypt for three days. During all that time the people could not see each other, and no one moved. But there was light as usual where the people of Israel lived. (Exodus 10:22-23, Holy Bible, New Living Translation)

This event happened in Egypt during a time of enslavement of the Jewish community. God had chosen Moses to lead these weary Israelites back home, but the Pharaoh was reluctant to release them. So God showed His universal power.

Imagine the Egyptians engulfed in total darkness, unable to move about, but seeing the light where the Israelites lived. That’s how God blesses His children. When everything looks bleak, He surrounds us with His light. No matter how dismal life is, God casts a glow on His children.

Prayer: Thank You Lord for shining Your light around me. Amen.

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Searching for Light

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The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalm 27:1, Holy Bible, King James Version)

Have you ever fumbled for a flashlight during an electrical power failure? Until that battery operated light illuminates a pathway, you’re in darkness. Sometimes life is a blackout with no ray of hope, no visible escape. Look toward the Lord. He is your light and your salvation.

Prayer: Lord, when I stumble in darkness and fear clutches me in its grips, lead me to safety by Your light. Amen.

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Beyond Comparison

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O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens! (Psalm 8:1, Holy Bible, New King James).

Good, better, best–comparative terms in the English language. If I like something, I say it is good. If I compare two items, I choose the better. If I judge three or more, I select the best. When I declare the glory of God, none of these comparatives suffice. This psalm describes God as excellent. He is matchless, unbeatable, unconquerable, and undefeated. His glory is beyond comparison.

Prayer: Lord, my Lord, Your name is beyond description. It is higher than the highest, deeper than the deepest, wider than the widest, incomparable. Amen.

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Keep on Going

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Don’t stop meeting together with other believers, which some people have gotten into the habit of doing. Instead, encourage each other, especially as you see the day drawing near. (Hebrews 10:25, Common English Bible)

This admonition written to the Hebrew Christians about 64 A.D. is still relevant today. Many people claim to be Christians but prefer to enjoy weekend sports. Some say church is boring. Others say they don’t believe in organized religion. Modern research has proved that group singing improves health. Other studies say people who meet with other like-minded people are more likely to be content. This works both ways. Your attendance is a blessing to others and their presence encourages you.

Instead of chanting for your favorite sports team today, try praising God in His sanctuary. If this is your worship day, be there. Keep on going.

Prayer: Lord, there are many places I could be today, but I choose to attend a worship service to honor You. Amen.

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Life beyond the Last Heartbeat

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“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” (Genesis 2:7, Holy Bible, King James Version)

“Take a deep breath,” my cardiologist says at each checkup. He skillfully moves a stethoscope and listens to the rhythmic heartbeat that declares life is present. Next he says, “Now regular breathing.” The cardiologist doesn’t stop there. He reads the electrocardiogram to see if my heart rhythms are regular.

When death claims my human body, my soul, the greatest treasure, will live forever.

Prayer: Eternal God, When my life has no earthly presence, my soul will live eternally with you. Amen.

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Healing Waits for You

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So they departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere. (Luke 9:6, Holy Bible, New King James)

Healing. We all need it from time to time. From nature taking care of small scrapes and bruises to miraculous events, healing is necessary.

St. Luke doesn’t specify the types of healing accomplished from town to town, only that the apostles healed in every town they preached. What about emotional healing? External or internal, physical or emotional, healing is still available today.

Prayer: Lord, I commit my physical and spiritual weaknesses to You . I need healing that only You can give. Amen.

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Miraculous Shadow

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And Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees; no, but let the shadow go backward ten degrees.” So Isaiah the prophet cried out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz. (2 Kings 20:10-11, New King James Version)

Today, February 2, 2017 is a day in the United States that has been highlighted by Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog who supposedly predicts the beginning of spring by his shadow. What began as a local fictitious fable in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania has continued about 130 years. But there is a true story of a time about 700 years before Christ when a shadow became a miraculous sign.

The prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and told him to set his affairs in order because he was going to die. Hezekiah made things right, so God told Isaiah to go back and tell Hezekiah he would live. This time Hezekiah asked for a sign that God had extended his life. Isaiah asked the king which direction he wanted the sundial of Ahaz, the official timepiece of that day, to move. King Hezekiah asked for it to go backward by ten degrees. Based on scientific data, we know this backward shadow of ten degrees has affected time forty minutes since that day.

As you pass through life—one minute at a time—will you cast a shadow that will be a time changer for at least one person?

Prayer: Lord, I’m not asking You to change universal time for me. All I want is to make my life count so that something good I’ve done will overshadow others and bless them. Amen.

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